It was the first sound film adaptation of Stoker's novel following 1921's Dracula's Death and 1922's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, both of which were silent movies. Starring Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye and Edward Van Sloan, Dracula premiered on Feb. RELATED: Dracula is Having a Pop-Culture Moment "I am grateful to the Lugosi Estate, artist El Garing and art director Kerry Gammill for bringing their passion to this project." "There have been great Dracula graphic novels, but to unite Bram Stoker's novel in a faithful adaptation with the definitive Dracula in the form of screen icon Bela Lugosi is a dream come true," said Napton, senior vice president of Legendary Comics. Lugosi, son of Bela Lugosi and managing member of Lugosi LLC, which is cooperating with the development of the graphic novel. "On behalf of the Lugosi Family, I want to thank Legendary Comics, especially Robert Napton, as well as artists El Garing and Kerry Gammill, for honoring my father with a stunning graphic novel that features Bela Lugosi as Bram Stoker’s Dracula," said Bela G.
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